Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) — The Internal Revenue Service won't be able to answer millions of phone calls from taxpayers this year, Commissioner John Koskinen said Friday.
The IRS said it answered 61 percent of calls that came in to customer service lines last year. Koskinen, who became commissioner in December, said he hoped the agency could reach 70 percent this year.
"I apologize for the public that we can't do more," Koskinen said on the first day of the U.S. individual tax filing season, which lasts until April 15. "I personally just find it unacceptable."
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